<p>I went to a CC (Nassau Community College) for 2 years, and recieved an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts. I am starting to apply to schools for the 2007 Spring semester. My grades were not that great my 1st year around. I only received a 2.5 at the end of the year. I was able to boost it up to a 2.93 (which still sucks) by the time I graduated. </p>
<p>The schools I am applying to are:
University of Tampa
University of San Diego
Boston University
Northeastern University
Syracuse University
Manhattan College
Stonybrook University</p>
<p>I will either be majoring in the Business schools or the Liberal Arts schools of these colleges. BU was the only school that is requiring my SAT scores (1050 old). I'm basically a B average student, with 3/4 of my grades being B's or B+. Then there are a few A's here and there, and then two devastating Ds. Will me having the AA degree help me in any way? Does it hurt to apply for the Spring semester and to apply for Financial Aid to any of these schools? Is it harder to get into the Business departments? </p>
<p>I think the AA only helps if you transfer to your state school. In Texas, if you have the AA it "locks in" all those classes and forces them to accept all credits for transfer. I know for the private schools it won't matter.</p>
<p>I wouldn't apply for the spring semester as it is more difficult to be accepted unless you just have to apply for spring. A 2.93 at a CC is going to hurt in the transfer process. What state are you in right now? I would definitely consider colleges in your state (which some of those may be but I don't know where Nassau CC is). Boston University is going to be a reach and I don't think you'll be accepted with your GPA. The rest are possible but some will be harder than others just because a GPA from a CC isn't usually considered as competitive as one from a 4 year university and you'll be competing with others from 4 year unis.</p>
<p>I don't really know if it's harder to get into business departments at those schools. I was lookin at BU for a while and SGM and I think they said the acceptance rate/competitiveness was about the same.</p>
<p>If you are older, you might wanna consider a school of general studies at one of those universities or elsewhere, which give you the same degree (pretty much) and are typically easier to get into.</p>
<p>Well, I am in New York, and I'm pretty sure I could get into Stonybrook cause its a SUNY school. Manhattan College I don't think is really that competitive, I know a lot of kids that go there who did horribly and got in. The ones I am most worried about are Northeastern and Boston University. I know those are obvious reaches cause of my low GPA. Would there be anything that could possibly help my chances?</p>
<p>Inctool, don't BU and/or Northeastern have minimum GPA's for transfer? (I read that on another thread a while ago). Check the minimum GPA's for each of your target schools. Make sure you have a school or two which you would be happy at, and where your stats fit the mid/high range of accepted students. These will be your safeties and then you can go for the harder to get into schools.</p>
<p>Many schools take fewer (or no) Spring transfers versus fall. You can call and ask at each one if it is harder to transfer for spring. And if needing financial aid hurts for transfers.</p>
<p>"Would there be anything that could possibly help my chances?"</p>
<p>At this point, get involved in an organization or something if you aren't (even if it's out of school) so you'll have some activities to put on your apps. You might consider retaking the SAT if you've got time, but I'm not sure if it would really do much after two years of school.</p>